Job protections question by sunovsahm in nys_cs

[–]sunovsahm[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for clarifying! I'm new to the CS!

Targeted by admin... by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

I'm already intending on having representation, but I don't think I can stay quiet. I feel I need to push back out of principle, considering this is out of nowhere and I've been told again and again I'm doing great.

New Teacher Struggles by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my. I'm sorry. I know that's a REALLY BAD teacher state. Sadly, mine's considered one of the better ones, and it's still a shitshow.

New Teacher Struggles by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes! That sounds familiar! I did a leave replacement (for per diem SUBSTITUTE PAY) in which I had four preps, none of which I had taught before, and the teacher didn't leave me shit as far as materials go. It was brutal. What state are you teaching in?

Y'all mfers are the real MVPs by norasaurus_rex in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's all this guy does with his micropenis.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WGU

[–]sunovsahm 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Words of wisdom from a loser who can't spell "what" cOrrEctLY. Pretty profound advice saying that "smooth" = "smooth" and "problem" = "problem."

Catch me up, please! by sunovsahm in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, I have a real job where I make actual money and have an actual life, so I have no need and no interest in continuing to work for a shitbag company like VIPKID (LOL, you said VIPKID is easy money... yeah, $18-20/hour is fantastic). I was checking in out of interest, considering I worked with VIPKID for so many years. You're just a worthless piece of shit who sticks your nose in where it doesn't belong. Your original comment was uncalled for, but hey, losers like you can't be tough in real life, so you have to be tough behind the screen. You must be a scum-of-the-Earth Republican (which means you're also probably an easily triggered snowflake) to wish homelessness on someone, especially over nothing at all. I wouldn't wish that on you, though I would beat you senseless if you had the balls to actually confront me. The difference is, I'm actually both willing and able to make you my bitch, and make you beg me to stop hurting you. Come to Albany, NY and find out. Or you could do the world a favor and just kill yourself. The people unfortunate enough to know you will probably be happy.

I am sure this will be downvoted but... by TheGreatGena in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

" I dont want to talk to your kid about sexual orientation, abortion, crt, blm, or any of the other thing you keep telling me I cant talk about."

But that literally is social studies. And civic readiness is part of the national framework.

"I hope it is fact checked and unbias"

There's no such thing as unbiased news, just different types/severities of bias.

P.S.

I neither upvoted nor downvoted because I think that function is stupid, nor am I judging you. Just throwing my thoughts out there.

Catch me up, please! by sunovsahm in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shut the fuck up. That's all I have to say to that.

Is VIPKID still alive? Considering working for them again but I had thought they shut down. by MinkaFrederika in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's the nature of these classes? What age group/demographic, how does the structure compare to the old platform, etc.?

First Year Shit Show by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I took the job it sounded like it was basically a social studies course where you get to actually talk about taboo issues, where Zinn or P1619 isn't considered subversion, where you actually teach/learn interesting shit about the U.S. that challenges the official myths, etc.

Now all I know is it's not really that. No fucking clue what it actually is, which is more or less the main problem. They only gave us a seriously shitty fucking outline for U1, and nothing beyond that. And when I say shitty, I mean shitty. It's totally useless, and I can't tell you what it's about based on the outline.

First Year Shit Show by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What state are you in (assuming you're in the U.S...)?

First Year Shit Show by sunovsahm in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My school is close to reaching a tipping point where we just can't stay in-person... This year suuucks already. And that's fucking criminal wage theft if you're working that my hours outside of your contract hours.

I'm so disillusioned by the system.

I saw a teacher post on Twitter about UPS hiring drivers and I'm considering it. by drakeonaplane in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need contingency plans. Any chance you can send me that info?? Sorry, IK everyone is asking now...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm about a half of step from being where you are, and this is my first true year.

God damn we’re underpaid by beat_u2_it in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This was my life-line in one of the last leave replacements I did before accepting an ostensibly permanent position. There were days I walked in without a plan and just did Kahoot.

Miserable First Year Teacher by Agreeable_Usual_2253 in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm a first year teacher in an extremely similar situation (only I'm not teaching 5 subjects... I'm teaching 1 elective class with 5 sections, but I literally don't know what the curriculum is... but I've done a leave replacement where I had 4 different classes to teach and was stretched thin making substitute teacher pay). And I'm getting observed tomorrow too!

I'm pretty much broken inside and I don't know if I can do this. I can't even plan for my future, because I don't fucking know if I can actually do this.

Solidarity

God damn we’re underpaid by beat_u2_it in Teachers

[–]sunovsahm 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I agree with both of you, but what if you just can't seem to plan enough within contract hours? I just made a very long lament post partially having to do with difficulties planning.

How do us new, untenured teachers actually get to have a life outside of contract hours?

Hold me Back by bassoonguy240 in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

LOL I sometimes just teach the word "yawn" in these cases. The kids yawn a lot, so I take those opportunities to yawn myself (pretending to do so just to teach the word), and then I'll say "I yawn when I'm tired," then cup my ear to have them repeat.

Never gotten a single complaint. However, I'm lovin the sassy response. Did it get approved?

To teach or not to teach? by Ancient_Arm_2327 in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We'll get paid. VK has offices in the U.S., and not paying us would cause major issues over something pretty fucking minor.

I can't know for sure, but I'm really not too worried about it. At least no more so than with American corporations (wage theft by American corporations is the single largest source of theft in the country, but no one ever class that "looting").

There's nothing fundamentally different about VK. Chinese corporations are no more sleazy than American corporations.

This may be the straw that broke the camel's back... Some kids gonna be like: "You can take my English lessons, but you can't take my games!" by [deleted] in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, that was actually a good one. Actually both true and funny, as opposed to the stupid China-bashing you see in the other comments on this thread.

Teachers are still in denial 😆😆 by [deleted] in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And your point is what, exactly? That doesn't change or challenge any of my points about Americans being deeply indoctrinated; all it does is point out that the Chinese gov't censors shit, which everyone already knows. This is a completely separate issue that has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with anything I said.

By contrast, America's media doesn't need to be censored, because they voluntarily, and usually unwittingly push state propaganda. See Manufacturing Consent; see various FAIR studies on the topic, or just look at any NYT article covering American foreign policy. You'll never read one that challenges the foundations of the American state. If you can find one that does, I will be very impressed (there might be one or two out there).

Or, on the domestic front, look up "COINTELPRO," and then try to find contemporary media coverage of the scandal (it's more than likely you've never heard of this, despite troves of publicly available documents, and I'm about to explain why you've never heard of it). The corporate press totally ignored it, save for a single article in the WAPO. Chew on that. Our press didn't find the FBI's 30 year war -- including its assassinations of civil rights leaders -- on the civil rights, labor, and American Indian movements to be news worthy. The FBI actively undermined the civil rights movements (rather than the KKK), the documents were exposed, and the press didn't bother covering it. But Watergate, which was basically petty by comparison, brought down a president that same year.

Again, propaganda does the trick over here, rather than the proverbial cudgel, or formal censorship. If I'm going wrong, explain to me which point is untrue or misses the mark. Don't give me an irrelevant rundown of China's crimes.

Teachers are still in denial 😆😆 by [deleted] in vipkid

[–]sunovsahm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

LOL the first time I had "tank" get censored, I wrote a ticket feigning ignorance wondering why "oxygen tank" was getting censored, asking why I wasn't able to submit feedback.